Uruguay
Population 2026
3,382,539
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.06%
- Density
- 19 per km²
- Land area
- 175,016 km²
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Currency
- Peso (UYU)
- Official languages
- ES-UY
- Urban population
- 95.7%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 32,8732026
- Deaths
- 33,7322026
- Birth rate
- 9.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 9.9per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.40
- Life expectancy
- 78.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 36.7
- Net migration
- -1,338
Age distribution
- 0–1417.9%
- 15–6465.8%
- 65+16.3%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $85.3B
- GDP per capita
- $25.2K
- GDP growth
- +1.8%
- Inflation
- 4.7%
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Exports
- $23.1B
- Imports
- $19.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 7.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture6.4%
- Industry16.9%
- Manufacturing10.0%
- Services65.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture8.1%
- Industry18.8%
- Services73.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MontevideoMontevideo Department | 1,270,7372026 |
| 2 | SaltoSalto Department | 114,0842026 |
| 3 | MaldonadoMaldonado | 102,0002026 |
| 4 | RiveraRivera Department | 84,7752026 |
| 5 | PaysandúPaysandú Department | 81,5502026 |
| 6 | Las PiedrasCanelones | 69,6822019 |
| 7 | TacuarembóTacuarembó Department | 60,5862026 |
| 8 | MeloCerro Largo | 56,0132026 |
| 9 | ArtigasArtigas | 43,8972026 |
| 10 | MercedesSoriano | 43,5432026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,382,539 | 32.9K | 33.7K |
| 2020 | 3,398,966 | 35.4K | 31.3K |
| 2010 | 3,318,581 | 47.3K | 31.0K |
| 2000 | 3,266,212 | 52.1K | 31.0K |
| 1990 | 3,104,404 | 55.7K | 30.0K |
| 1980 | 2,951,956 | 54.6K | 29.2K |
| 1970 | 2,790,811 | 56.0K | 27.2K |
| 1960 | 2,529,964 | 55.1K | 24.7K |
| 1950 | 2,234,414 | 46.9K | 24.0K |